She has an anthropologist degree, but Gaye Su Akyol chose the music. She emphasized how sensible that decision was with her strong debut album. Like her hometown Istanbul, Akyol's music is a place where East and West meet. She can coo like a sighing girl and then lash out like a diva from the Anatolian interior. Together with her husband, the multi-instrumentalist and leader of her backing band Ali
… Güclü Simsek, she creates a universe in which surrealism is the norm. In the song Laziko surf guitars, Sufi-like incantations and a rocking guitar solo come together. Like the debut, Akyol's music sometimes suffers from an overabundance of ideas, but it does make her a unique artist. Both in Turkey and abroad. (PdK)more